Saturday 22nd July & Sunday 23rd
July 2006
Walmer v New Ash Green
Saturday 22nd July 2006
Kent League
Match - 100 Overs
New Ash Green
(1 point) 66 all out (41.5 overs)
Walmer (16 points) 68-3 (10.1 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 7 wickets.
A severely weakened New Ash Green side, even by this season’s
standards, made the long journey to Walmer knowing
they were in for a hard match. For some mysterious reason Walmer
chose to insert New Ash Green, and with only 4 first team regulars New Ash Green
fought a long hard rearguard battle. Vic Mayers
opened the batting and made 29, but no one else could make double figures.
Everyone battled hard, though, and New Ash Green did manage to stretch their
innings past 40 overs even if runs were hard to come by.
They also managed to take 14 runs from the only over bowled by Walmer’s first change bowler, hitting him out of the attack
– a triumph of some sort!
Walmer knocked off the required runs in no
time, although Vic Mayers once again caused them problems, taking 3-13 in 5 overs.
At the other end, though, James Hewitt and Mick Sumner both suffered something
of a mauling and Walmer won comfortably from the
first ball of the 11th over.
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New Ash Green II v The Mote IV
Saturday 22nd July 2006
Mid-Kent
League Match - 92 Overs
New Ash Green
(9 points) 141-7 (46 overs)
The Mote (18 points) 142-6 (41.1 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 4 wickets.
New Ash Green have had the misfortune this season to have had the
first match with their weakest opponents rained off when at full strength and
the return game on a day when they were seriously struggling to raise a side.
Thanks to a number of volunteers making themselves
available a side was raised and a decent effort made in the match. Having been
put in Matt Dehaney and John Howland made an
excellent start, with Dehaney finally fulfilling the
promise he has been showing with the bat. He made 46 in an opening stand of 81,
but unfortunately once he was out the remainder of the batting line up really
struggled to score quickly. John howland made 22 and
Martin Pickering, on his debut, and Dan Lewsey each
made contributions, but New Ash Green could really have done with the late
arriving Scott McKechnie being there in time to bat,
or some of the more aggressive batsmen who had been promoted to the 1st
team. A total of 141 was an improvement on much of the season, particularly in
Matthew Quantrill’s absence, but after the start they
had had it could have been better, and a few more would have made them strong
favourites to win.
New Ash Green did have as strong a bowling side as they have put
out all season, and John Harley and Matt Dehaney made
good progress against a Mote top order which has been reinforced in recent
weeks. Harley took 3-44 in his 12 overs, and Dehaney 1-33 as well as two catches. They were also
assisted by Stuart Clarke taking a catch and making a run out. Keith Bushell was economical (17 runs in 9 overs)
but couldn’t make the breakthrough, and in the end the Mote got home with a few
overs to spare, but this was an excellent effort from
a depleted team, and it says something for their attitude that afterwards they
seem to have been more disappointed at the loss than pleased by the
performance.
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New Ash Green v Lordswood
Sunday 23rd July 2006
Medway Sunday League
Match - 40 Overs per side
Lordswood 216-8 (40 overs)
New Ash Green 82 all out (21.4 overs)
New Ash Green lost by 134 runs.
The Sunday side also made a decent effort
against strong opposition, restricting Lordswood to 216-8
with 8 different bowlers having a go. David Harley picked up 3-45 in 5 overs at the end, and John Harley and Dan Lewsey were probably the most economic with 1-34 and 1-32
respectively in 8 overs. Scott McKechnie
enjoyed himself behind the stumps with 2 catches and 2 stumpings.
In reply only Luke Shaw with 11 and Dan Lewsey with 17 could make double figures, but there were a
number of small contributions down the order and the total of 82 was an
improvement on some of the batting collapses of earlier in the season.